Dental chair attachment



Jan. 19, 1932 J. s. MILLER 1,841,545

DENTAL CHAIR ATTACHMENT Filed Nov. 14, 1929 I F INVENTOR.v cfizmes 5. Milier ATTORNEY.

Patented Jan. 19, 1932 FICE I PATENT JAMES S. MILLER, 01? TRENTON, NEW JERSEY DENTAL CHAIR ATTACHMENT Application filed November 14, 1929. Serial No. 407,172.

This invention relates to dental chairs and more particularly to an attachment for holding .the paper towels which covers the headrest of the chairs.

5 The principal object of the invention. is to provide a device of this nature for holding a towel used for covering a head-rest which can easily be attached to a dental chair without alteration thereof.

v 1 Another object of the invention is to pro- In these drawings like reference characters denote like parts throughout the specificationa Figure 1 is a view of a dental chair with the device attached thereto.

Figure 2 is an enlarged side view of the attachment.

Figure 3 is a front view thereof, and Figure 4 is a view of the paper towel. Referring now to the drawings in detail numeral 1 designates the dental chair and 2 a horizontal arm for supporting the head rest 2;. Fastened to the arm 2 is a. clamp 4 for holding a paper towel 5 by the end 6. The

body of the towel is adapted to cover the headrest while the end 7 is adapted to curl under neath as shown in Figure'l so it will not interfere with the patients body.

The clamp 4 consists of a support 8 having a curved portion-9 near the bottom which fits around the horizontal arm 2 and a clip 10 attached to a top member 11 disposed at right angles to the support 8. Co operating with the support 8 is a parallel member 12 also having a curved portion 18 which fits around the horizontal arm 2. For fastening these two members together around the arm 2 wing nuts 14 and 15 are provided.

The clip 10 consists of two gripping members 16 and 1'7 and a curved resilient spring 18 for normally holding the ends 19 and 20 of the gripping members together. The entire mechanism is attached to the member 11 by a bolt 21. To prevent the clip from turning in a horizontal plane on the bolt 21 the end of the top member 11 is provided with an upturned lip 22 so that it will hug the resilient spring 18 and prevent the clip from' rotating on its axis or in other words on the bolt 21. V

It will thus be seen that I have provided a simple, inexpensive and efficient means for retaining a towel on the head-rest of a dental chair. The device can be attached without any alteration of the chair whatever and does not interfere with the work of the operation. To

Having described my invention, I claim:

1. In a clamp of the class described, the

combination of a vertical support, of a horizontal member at one end of said support, a resilient clip attached to said horizontal member, one end of said horizontal member having an upturned lip andbearing against said clip, a parallel co-operating member attached to said support by set screws and curved portions in said support and said parallel member for embracing a round element.

2. In a clamp of the class described, the combination of a vertical support, of a horizontal member at one end of said support, a

resilient clip attached to said horizontal member, said clip including two gripping members, one end of said horizontal member having an upturned lip. and bearing. against the lower portion of said clip, a parallel (so-operating member attached to said sup- I port by set screws and curved portions in said support and said parallel member for embracmg a round element.

In testimony whereof I affix my si nature.

JAMES s. MILDLER. 

